Turquoise Lake and Snow-Capped Mountains, Central Asian Steppe
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Twice the size of Texas but with less than an eighth of its population, Mongolia is the world's most sparsely populated country. Mostly defined by the wide, flat steppes that top the Mongolian Plateau, its 604,000 square miles are home to just 3.5 million people, about half of whom live in the capital city Ulaanbaatar. Here in Bayan-Ölgii, the westernmost of Mongolia's 21 aimags, we're about as far from the capital as you can get while remaining in the country. Mongolia, China, Russia, and Kazakhstan form a near-quadripoint in this region where the Altai Mountains rise and chilly, clear mountain lakes—like Tolbo Lake here—fill pockets between peaks and foothills.
电影般的宁静
禽鸟派对
雾蒙蒙的秋天
山丘、山谷和干砌石
一片广阔的北极地区
茶树梯田
壮观的火山景观
小熊仔，大荒野
